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CCCA_V7No3_CoverStory-FIN_CCCA 13-09-24 4:35 PM Page 19 Playing By Michael Dempster Cover towin How top women GCs are finding personal and professional satisfaction by changing the rules for success. t wasn’t something Kirby Chown and Carrie Mandel necessarily expected to hear when they Iset out to write Breaking Through: Tales from the Top Canadian Women General Counsel. “But we got it,” Chown says. “Of the women we interviewed who hold significant roles either as GCs or comparable C-Suite roles, most of them also have families. “This group is universally satisfied with their lives. They have lives that are busy, hectic, and com- plex. They are also involved at work, involved with their families and also very involved in their com- munities, in volunteer work, and participation in other activities.” It’s a positive story, Chown adds, and the hand- wringing about how women can’t do both — that is, have families and hold significant jobs — “we AUTOMNE 2013 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association 19